This assignment provides you with the opportunity to make a complete Project Plan (from beginning to end)

Topic: Open a new restaurant

Guidelines for your project

• Think of a project that will utilize most (if not all) areas of project management
• A project that would take approx. 6 months (from start to finish)
• Not a multi-billion-dollar project - keep manageable (e.g. $100K-$10 million range)
• A project that takes time/effort to PLAN, do not focus on EXECUTION of the project
• Be creative! Come up with your own ideas

Questions:

Budget

• Make a budget for your project
• Try and use the WBS & Gantt Chart as a guide and assign costs for each task
• Add the costs together to produce an overall project budget
• Develop the budget in an excel spreadsheet, if possible.

Stakeholder Assessment

• Identify and list at least 5 stakeholders on your project
• What is their title in the organization?
• What role do they play on the project (e.g. SME)?
• What level of power do they have in the organization (Low or High)?
• What level of interest do they have in the organization (Low or High)?
• What requirements do they have on the project?
• What concerns do they have about the project?